Thursday, May 23, 2013

"WE ARE FINE ...

... Yes, the bridge on Interstate 5 that collapsed tonight is right here about 4 miles from the House of Rabbits. It crosses the Skagit River right between the cities of Burlington and Mt. Vernon. Everbody here uses that bridge a lot, as does heavy industrial traffic between Seattle and Vancouver, B.C. Rerouting all that over the other three, narrow road bridges in the area will be a zoo for a long time. There is no boat traffic, and fishing season is not on now either. We have many alternate routes and ready access to supplies and services and thankfully it looks like there were no fatalities and very little traffic on the bridge - which was a big surprise since it is almost always quite busy." - RG, Yur Reporter near the Scene.

As RG probably remembers, I'm up and down past you *all the time* .. I crossed that bridge regularly. It has passed the latest inspections, there are 736 bridges in WA state in worse shape. It's pretty scary. I can't say some of the bridges in BC are any better. Maybe our respective governments should stop pointing fingers and cockblocking each other over everything and actually FIX things? I know, I know, I'm a dreamer. But I bet they'd all be happier people if they would pet a bunny for a couple hours!

Anyway, RG, I'm on the island until Thursday, but after that, if you need a care package.. Just yelp!

And you need to stay fine, RG and BL. I with Jane. I am sick of all this one disaster after another cowpatty-ness.Someone help out sweet Racer there. He says "Dammit, RG, I'm a captain, not an engineer". I love Star Trek references.